October 2nd, 2017 The J24 Association of NSW wishes to thank Underground CoffeeRoasters for sponsoring the Gosford J24 Regatta 2017 and for the great prizes of Underground coffee beans and some very nice bottles of The Artisan Shiraz from the Barossa Valley, specially labelled for the regatta.
Thanks also go to Gosford Sailing Club for hosting a great regatta as they always do and a windy Saturday saw 4 races completed followed by two races in light conditions on Sunday.
Thanks go to the 9 entrants that made the effort to come to Gosford for the weekend, and congratulations to Kaotic for the magnificent consistency of 1,2,1,1,2,1 to win the regatta with crew of Shane (helm), Arthur (owner), Brett, Harry and Matt.
Scratch Results
| Place |
Boat |
Skipper |
Points |
| 1 |
Kaotic |
Shane Guanaria |
8 |
| 2 |
Sailpac |
Sean Kirkjian |
18 |
| 3 |
Innaminka |
John Crawford |
19 |
| 4 |
Waterborne Again |
Tony Reynolds |
23 |
| 5 |
Wild Card |
Brett Lewis |
29 |
| 6 |
Starpac |
David McLean |
39 |
| 7 |
Pacatack |
John Gardiner |
40 |
| 8 |
Jagged Edge |
Julian Bowker / Amanda Williams |
47 |
| 9 |
Black Jack |
Ian Mason |
49 |
Handicap prizes were also awarded to:
| Place |
Boat |
Skipper |
| 1 |
Pacatack |
John Gardiner |
| 2 |
Waterborne Again |
Tony Reynolds |
| 3 |
Black Jack |
Ian Mason |
We hope to see everyone at the Doyle MacDiarmid Sails NSW J24 State Championships at RPEYC in Sydney Harbour on 4 & 5 November!
September 25th, 2017 
AUS 1636 “Renaissance”
A great Entry Level to Intermediate J24.
Need to Sell
PRICE REDUCED $7,500 or all offers considered !
Steve & Karyn bought “Renaissance” (formerly Excite your Senses) a couple of years ago to get into the class and have had a great time learning the basics of J24 racing.
We have had some good racing results, taking regular line honours at Cronulla and placing 6th NSW States and 11th Nationals.
And recently 3rd Place in the Cronulla J24 Regatta June 2017
BUT – have bought a newer boat so “Renaissance” is for sale.
- In good condition, ready to race or cruise
- Hull No 1636, Jarkan 1981 built
- Current measurement certificate
- Hull is stiff and clean, always kept on the hardstand
- All sheets replaced, tapered spinnaker sheets & halyard
- 3.5 Tohatsu Outboard, 18 months old
For more information or to inspect, call Steve 0438 327012 or email sjwright01@bigpond.com
September 17th, 2017 With just two weeks to go, get your entries in for the Gosford J24 Regatta and come and join us for a weekend of fun racing on Brisbane Waters, Happy hours Saturday night and hopefully take a trophy home!
The J24 Association of NSW welcome our new sponsor, Underground Coffee Roasters, as sponsors of the Gosford J24 Regatta 2017. For queries on any aspect of the regatta or if you are short of crew, call Paula on 0404 539176
Gosford J24 Regatta 2017 Sailing Instructions
Gosford J24 Regatta 2017 Notice of Race
Gosford J24 Regatta 2017 Entry Form
In order to assist Gosford Sailing Club to process your entry, please remember to only send your entry form in once you have the mandatory attachments to send with it:
- 1. Inventory of Required and Optional Equipment.
- 2. Copy of a Current Audited Category 7 Equipment Compliance Certificate.
- 3. Certificate of currency for yacht insurance including a third party cover of $10 million
Underground Coffee Roasters
Tim Briggs recently bought a micro roasting business, complete with and all the software-based roasting profiles that had been developed over many years.
Tim thought the product was fantastic, but knew the blend could be improved with a little tweaking.
Underground Coffee Roasters (UCR) has been sourcing their beans through suppliers who have a direct relationship with growers (Direct Trade). It’s a system that provides farmers with the best outcome and UCR with the best possible product.
Each varietal of bean is roasted to its full potential as UCR applies individual profiles depending on size, density, moisture content and weight. These individual beans are painstakingly blended to create beautiful and complex roasts. Each roast style whether for espresso of filter coffee must fall into our strict parameters of moisture loss , roast development percentages, temperature and colour both external and internal.
Of course, freshness is the key to great flavour. Coffee beans will often only have a ‘best before date’; UCR roasts to order to ensure ultimate freshness and stamps a ‘roast date’ instead.
Specialty beans bring the blends to life and you won’t find UCR doing the old industry trick of substituting cheap beans into a blend. No chance.
“The coffee industry is very exciting, as it hasn’t been completely taken over by multinationals and consumers have such an emotional connection with their drink. In Australia the competition is extreme and it’s led to our nation having arguably the best final product in the world.”
To find out more, or order coffee, visit www.undergroundcoffee.com.au
Underground Coffee Roasters also have a fantastic Mobile coffee truck for hire:
Hire ‘Henri’, our fully restored Citroen H Van to bring an Underground vibe to your next Sydney or Blue Mountains event.
Henri is not your average mobile coffee van. Equipped with a customised La Marzocco Linear coffee machine, he not only looks the business, he makes an espresso worth fighting for.
September 5th, 2017 The J24 Association of NSW welcomes Shane Guanaria bringing Doyle MacDiarmid Sails on board as the sponsor for the 2017 NSW J24 State Championships, hosted by Royal Prince Edward Yacht Club on
Doyle MacDiarmid Sails NSW J24 State Championships 2017 Notice of Race
Doyle MacDiarmid Sails NSW J24 State Championship 2017 Entry Form
In order to assist Royal Prince Edward Yacht Club to process your entry, please remember to only send your entry form in once you have the mandatory attachments to send with it:
- 1. Inventory of Required and Optional Equipment.
- 2. Copy of a Current Audited Category 7 Equipment Compliance Certificate.
- 3. Certificate of currency for yacht insurance including a third party cover of $10 million
Crane use and moorings at RPEYC must be booked in advance, and details are in the Notice of Race.
The J24 Association of NSW are subsidising a Crew Dinner for association members at RPEYC on Saturday 4 November, bookings through Tracy on 9327 3149 are essential.
membership application 2017
 Doyle MacDiarmid Sails
Shane started his sail making career under the guidance of Ian MacDiarmid, working at MacDiarmid Sails for seventeen years before eventually purchasing the company in 2013 prior to merging with Doyle Sydney in 2015. From skiffs to maxi yachts, Shane has the expertise for building all types of sails and brings invaluable experience to the Doyle team. Both Shane and Ian have a successful history racing J24s and Shane is currently on the J24 Kaotic program bringing a host of success to the team and is a former national champion in the class crewing for Sean Kirkjian.
A hugely experienced sailor, Shane’s impressive resume covers offshore racing, including ten Sydney-Hobart races, and several classes. Recent racing success includes 1st Overall (IRC) as helmsman on Victoire in the 2014 Gosford to Lord Howe Island race, 1st Overall as trimmer on Zen in the 2014 Lincoln Race Week, and helmsman for Victoire’s 1st Overall IRC/ORCi in the Sydney-Hobart.
Shane will be happy to discuss you sail requirements for your J24 anytime – shane@doyleaustralia.com or call on 02 9817 4155
www.doyleaustralia.com.au
August 22nd, 2017 The J24 Association of NSW welcome our new sponsor, Underground Coffee Roasters, as sponsors of the Gosford J24 Regatta 2017. We hope you can make it to Gosford on the long weekend to join us for a fun weekend of racing on the beautiful Brisbane Waters. For queries on any aspect of the regatta or if you are short of crew, call Paula on 0404 539176
Gosford J24 Regatta 2017 Notice of Race
Gosford J24 Regatta 2017 Entry Form
In order to assist Gosford Sailing Club to process your entry, please remember to only send your entry form in once you have the mandatory attachments to send with it:
- 1. Inventory of Required and Optional Equipment.
- 2. Copy of a Current Audited Category 7 Equipment Compliance Certificate.
- 3. Certificate of currency for yacht insurance including a third party cover of $10 million
Underground Coffee Roasters
Tim Briggs recently bought a micro roasting business, complete with and all the software-based roasting profiles that had been developed over many years.
Tim thought the product was fantastic, but knew the blend could be improved with a little tweaking.
Underground Coffee Roasters (UCR) has been sourcing their beans through suppliers who have a direct relationship with growers (Direct Trade). It’s a system that provides farmers with the best outcome and UCR with the best possible product.
Each varietal of bean is roasted to its full potential as UCR applies individual profiles depending on size, density, moisture content and weight. These individual beans are painstakingly blended to create beautiful and complex roasts. Each roast style whether for espresso of filter coffee must fall into our strict parameters of moisture loss , roast development percentages, temperature and colour both external and internal.
Of course, freshness is the key to great flavour. Coffee beans will often only have a ‘best before date’; UCR roasts to order to ensure ultimate freshness and stamps a ‘roast date’ instead.
Specialty beans bring the blends to life and you won’t find UCR doing the old industry trick of substituting cheap beans into a blend. No chance.
“The coffee industry is very exciting, as it hasn’t been completely taken over by multinationals and consumers have such an emotional connection with their drink. In Australia the competition is extreme and it’s led to our nation having arguably the best final product in the world.”
To find out more, or order coffee, visit www.undergroundcoffee.com.au
Underground Coffee Roasters also have a fantastic Mobile coffee truck for hire:
Hire ‘Henri’, our fully restored Citroen H Van to bring an Underground vibe to your next Sydney or Blue Mountains event.
Henri is not your average mobile coffee van. Equipped with a customised La Marzocco Linear coffee machine, he not only looks the business, he makes an espresso worth fighting for.
August 15th, 2017 Gosford J24 Regatta – 30 September and 1 October 2017
Ran by Gosford Sailing Club with racing on Brisbane Waters, this is always a fun weekend. Book early and stay with your crew in Gosford or Terrigal and make a weekend of it, with Monday 2 October being a public holiday, and perfect for you to take your boat home without having to rush off after prize giving on the sunday!
The 2017 NSW J24 Association AGM will be held in the Boat Shed Bar at Gosford Sailing Club on Friday 29 September at 2000hrs.
NSW State Championships – 4 & 5 November 2017
2 days of racing on Sydney Harbour, ran by Royal Prince Edward Yacht Club in Point Piper to determine this years State Champion. In 2016 9 boats from Sydney and 2 from Melbourne made the trip to Cronulla, so hopefully this year we will get 9 from Cronulla making the trip to Sydney, and hopefully more from interstate for good competitive racing.
NORs will be issued in the next week or two but for any early inquiries regarding any aspect of racing in J24 regattas please call Paula on 0404 539176.
July 28th, 2017 
The J24 Class in Australia and Melbourne in particular have lost one of our dearest members.
Kirby came to us around 2008 and quickly realised a love of sailing, crewing with Mike Lewenhagen and then chartering his boat when he went overseas, a gutsy move as she was still very new to sailing. But that was typical of Kirby’s attitude to life –travelling, sailing, cycling, bush walking, running, swimming, kayaking, in fact almost anything outdoors and fitness oriented. She was cool in her Mini Cooper, gorgeous in her race going finery and our happy Kirb at the club.
She sailed with many of us at Sandy predominantly with Simon Grain, Ron Thomson and Hugo Ottaway in recent years.
Kirby also enjoyed a road trip and made many new friends at regattas interstate. Just in the past year she sailed with Shane Guanaria and Arthur Crothers to a second place finish in the Nationals, travelled with Hugo to win the Cronulla Short Course Regatta, again with Hugo and the all-conquering team on Bruschetta VI to win the Women In Sailing (WISC) regatta. Her smile, quick wit and dry sense of humour made every boat she was on a brighter, happier place to be.
Kirby was about fun in her busy life as we all know, but she was also a tireless worker on the Vic Committee for years and earlier on the National Committee, both as treasurer – always volunteering first for work to be done, she gave so much to the class and all of us. She had a strong moral code and stood up for what was right, she spent time as a volunteer in Africa and travelled extensively to many parts of the world including many off the beaten track.
Kirb has left us far too soon and her energy and smile will be greatly and sadly missed.
You will sail on with us in our hearts Kirb. Rest In Peace.
June 21st, 2017  Close racing in the Bate Bay swells  Series winner Hugo Ottaway from Melbourne  John Zagame’s Boudicca The June long weekend saw the running of the Cronulla Sailing Club J24 Short Course Regatta in cold though fine (almost) conditions with wind ranging from 18-3 kts over the 2 days of sailing.
Competitors arrived from as far afield as Sandringham Yacht Club, the southern home of J24 yacht racing in Australia, with one boat Jet (Simon Grain) and another crew lead by ‘Mr J24’ Hugo Ottaway, both J24 supporters of the Cronulla event for many years, also Wildfire (Janette Syme) and Marc Van Dinther (Pinot) made the journey from the Harbour and Botany Bay, to sail in the challenging inshore conditions of Bate Bay, Cronulla.
Our focus this year was to welcome new J24 crews to the Cronulla family. Sailmates (Steve Arnold) competed in their first regatta after purchasing their J24 locally, also Boudicca (John Zagame) an off shore crew member and now a proud J24 owner, enthusiastically listening and improving as the weekend progressed. Wes Batty, another local from Cronulla bringing out Pandamonium, the ever popular mooring minder to race and be involved again.
So to the results, Hugo Ottaway again proved too good on scratch scoring a consistent 12 with many bullets and second places. Second for the regatta was Vertigo (Clinton Hood), the current South Australian J24 State Champion, with Renaissance (Stephen Wright) the current Jubilee Champion and Cronulla campaigner.
Performance Handicap saw Vertigo pop up one place to first, Stockcar with the forever young David Mckay in second and Renaissance in third place.
The Cronulla Sailing Club would like to thank all our the events supporters; Wet Tech Rigging, Macquart Marine, Aussea Sailing School, Spot-A-Yacht Photography, Newton Real Estate, Short Marine, CJ Construction, Cronulla Marina and Ryan Short Marine Services for your ongoing support to this grass roots event. Hope to see you all again at Cronulla next June for the Mid-Winter Championships.
Series OD results : (Full race results are available at cronullasc.com/race-results?page=J24SC16-17/SGrp66.htm
| Place |
Ties |
Sail No |
Boat Name |
Skipper |
Crew |
Crew. |
From |
Sers Score |
| 1 |
|
AUS5400 |
Bruschetta IV |
Hugo Ottaway |
|
|
SYC |
12 |
| 2 |
|
AUS4436 |
Vertigo |
Clinton Hood |
|
|
CSC |
21 |
| 3 |
1.0S |
AUS1636 |
Renaissance |
Stephen Wright |
|
|
CSC |
22 |
| 4 |
|
AUS4792 |
Jet |
Simon Grain |
|
|
SYC |
22 |
| 5 |
|
AUS4433 |
Stockcar |
David McKay |
|
|
CSC |
23 |
| 6 |
|
AUS5058 |
Wildfire |
Janette Syme |
|
|
MYC |
37 |
| 7 |
|
AUS1317 |
MCKAY MARINE |
Julie Castle |
|
|
CSC |
53 |
| 8 |
|
AUS1309 |
ONLY A JOURNEY |
Max Sellers |
|
|
CSC |
54 |
| 9 |
|
AUS1635 |
Seas the J |
Jared Macquart |
|
|
CSC |
60 |
| 10 |
|
AUS4430 |
PINOT |
Barry Ryan |
|
|
CSC |
62 |
| 11 |
|
AUS135 |
Boudicca |
John Zagame |
Josh Feldmann |
Jacob Broom |
CSC |
74 |
| 12 |
|
AUS1646 |
SLIPPERY FISH |
Michael Reynolds |
|
|
CSC |
82 |
| 13 |
|
AUS1642 |
JARGON |
Tony Landers |
|
|
CSC |
85 |
| 14 |
|
AUS950 |
Pandamonium |
Wes Batty |
|
|
CSC |
95 |
| 15 |
|
AUS95 |
Sailmates |
Steve Arnold |
|
|
CSC |
97 |
| 16 |
|
AUS4439 |
Jagged Edge |
Greg Paterson |
|
|
CYCA |
121 |
May 31st, 2017  Older style mast for sale. Currently racing at Sandy. Recently replaced sheaves and cleaned back areas of metal joints and repainted white.
Generally tidy for its age. Missing one spinnaker D-ring, otherwise complete and ready for action. Selling due to upgrade.
Boom also still in service.
$600 ono
Contact Leigh
0438 561 566
May 23rd, 2017 
Cronulla Sailing Club, is running their annual J24 Short Course Regatta, proudly sponsored by Wet-Tech. On the 10th and 11th of June 2017, which is the Queens Birthday long weekend. Everyone is welcome to come and share more of the great ocean sailing and incredible Cronulla hospitality. This regatta is more about the BBQ’s with some sailing thrown in between drinks. Limits, no limits … so leave your scales at home.
Go here for the Cronulla Event page with NOR and Event Registration … here
Event Schedule
Friday 09th June 2017
Crane available for use 1200 – 2200hrs
Registration 1600 – 2200hrs
Saturday 10th June 2017
Registration 0800 – 0900hrs
Regatta Briefing 0930hrs
Racing First Warning Signal 1155hrs
Prize Giving BBQ On Completion of Racing
Sunday 11th June 2017
Racing First Warning Signal 1055hrs
Prize Giving BBQ On Completion of Racing
Monday 12th June 2017
Crane available for use 0800 – 1200hrs
Fee
Non-refundable entry fee is $120 (inc. GST), payable online through the Cronulla Sailing Club Website or through direct deposit.
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